Word: whips
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...interventionist speeches of its President and some of its professors. Lo and behold, the House of Morgan becomes the major bogeyman because of its supposed control of the Corporation and Overseers since the turn of the century. Granted this conclusion, which cannot be factually substantiated, then President Conant must whip up moral enthusiasm behind intervention in order to protect foreign investments and thus maintain or increase endowments. Harvard and other universities, it is claimed, have enough influence to force the country into war since university influence extends throughout the entire educational system and because words carry much weight...
...Melvin Maas was at last moved to say: "When peace times are here we jump all over you and accuse you of just wanting . . . a lot of nice battleships to ride around in, but . . when we are scared and the Navy is scared we are going to whip you up because you haven't done the things we haven...
...afternoon nobody thought there was more than an outside chance of dislodging Chamberlain. An energetic show of confidence by the Prime Minister might have staved off a vote by the House. Labor and Liberals have only 197 seats to 418 for the Conservatives and their supporters, and Chief Party Whip Captain David Margesson has been able to keep many disgruntled "ginger group" Conservatives in line. But as the second day's debate began, it became plain that the Opposition sensed its advantage, would push it for all it was worth...
...minutes after the division, Whip Margesson announced the result: for adjournment, 281 votes; against, 200. Almost every man in uniform had voted against the Government. A split second later, Laborites, Liberals and dissident Conservatives began shouting: "Resign! Go! Go!" Neville Chamberlain rose, smiled wanly, and marched out of the House...
...with the same jockeys, Bimelech had beaten Gallahadion by almost three lengths. His owner, Chocolate Heiress Ethel Mars, decided not to go from Chicago to Louisville for the Derby, although her trainer, Roy Waldron, had phoned her that Big Bim's jockey had had to take to the whip to beat Gallahadion earlier in the week-and a horse race is a horse race...